| Object Number | AF2159 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Sudan | Nubia |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather |
| Description | Round with 2 notches opposite each other in circumference. Of thick hide with conical boss. Cf. Ratzel, Volkerkunde, III, p. 134; Schebesta and Holtker, Der afrikanische Schilde. I, Anthropos, 1923-4, pp. 1032-3; II, Anthropos, 1925, pp. 835, 836. See AF 276, 2867, 2868, 4721. The boss is crossed by a molded ridge: cf. 2890. With these shields cf. the Somali and Abyssinian shields AF2869-2874, 2158. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Length | 55 cm |
| Width | 55 cm |
| Other Number | 143 - Other Number |
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